Risk factors for musculoskeletal disorders among nursing personnel in Greek hospitals
International Archives of Occupational and Environmental HealthPublished 1 May 2003
Evangelos C. Alexopoulos, Alex Burdorf, Athena Kalokerinou
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The handling of physical loads among nurses seems to put them at risk for the occurrence of musculoskeletal disorders, and the general health status of individual workers should be taken into account.
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The handling of physical loads among nurses seems to put them at risk for the occurrence of musculoskeletal disorders. The development of these complaints into chronic complaints and associated sickness absence is strongly determined by perceived general health and almost not associated with work-related physical and psychosocial risk factors. When the influence of work-related risk factors on musculoskeletal health is being investigated, the general health status of individual workers should be taken into account.
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